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Remaining safe and separate canceled mingling, especially where one might bump elbows with strangers. After taking 2020 off, as did most of the pandemic-ridden world, the Druid City Arts Festival returns this weekend, outdoors and open to the public, Friday and Saturday in Government Plaza.
From 2010 to 2019, DCAF grew from a sparsely-attended one-day show to a two-day festival that draws crowds estimated at 12,000 and up. Just by being outdoors, it really gives us the freedom to do some of the things that we d planned on doing in 2020, said Alexis Clark, venue operations manager for the city of Tuscaloosa. Tents will be spaced apart, but that s just by nature of having a few less participants, and not really by design.
Alabama's struggles in finding hotel workers is similar to what is going on elsewhere in the U.S. amid a shortage of labor following the coronavirus pandemic.
It may be the understatement of the decade to say that COVID-19 has devastated the entertainment industry, with in-person events and tours throughout the year forced to go virtual, get postponed or be canceled outright. For so many, though, music is essential and the thought of going another year without attending a concert is too heartbreaking to even imagine.
That s what Druid City Brewing Company founder Bo Hicks believes, and now he s working to raise money to press a vinyl record featuring Tuscaloosa-based musicians to sell at Oz Music, the city s only indie record store. Music has always been important to the Brewery. It s always been a huge part of my life, and I wanted to make it integral to the business, said Hicks. I ve become good friends with the now-owner of Oz. We both support the old brick and mortar shop, and we like to see improvements in the community.